Hello! I am Marius Benthin.
I work as Virus Analyst at G DATA.

Recent Projects

AVAR 2023

Turn the tables: How we use GPT to detect phishing websites

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Secur'IT Cup 2019

International student contest hosted by Kaspersky.

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Secur'IT Cup 2018

International student contest hosted by Kaspersky.

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Cybersecurity for the Next Generation 2017

International student contest hosted by Kaspersky.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

WORK EXPERIENCE

Virus Analyst

G DATA CyberDefense AG

11/2022 - Present

Since November 2022, I have been working as a Virus Analyst at G DATA.

Student Worker

G DATA CyberDefense AG

10/2016 - 11/2022

During my dual bachelor and master studies I mainly worked on my own malware research projects.
I developed tools and web applications to collect OSINT and to improve workflows for the virus analysts.

EDUCATION

M.Sc. ITS - Networks and Systems

Ruhr University Bochum

04/2020 - 11/2022

I finished my master studies in IT Security - Networks and Systems at the Ruhr University Bochum in November 2022.

B.Sc. Computer Science dual - KITS

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

10/2016 - 03/2020

I completed my dual studies at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt in cooperation with G DATA.

Research

Attribution of Malware Binaries to APT Actors using an Ensemble Classifier

Attributing Malware Binaries to Threat Actors based on Authorship Style

Paper  (Jan 2022)

Conception and Implementation of an Open-Source Threat Intelligence System

Classifying malicious Binaries using Code Stylometry

Paper  (Mar 2019)